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Choose the best mascara for your lashes by looking at the wand

Ask anyone with a beauty obsession, and they’ll tell you exactly how important their mascara is to their daily beauty regime. Mascara provides instant volume and lift to your lashes, and makes your eyes look more open. But you need to make sure you’re choosing the right mascara for your lashes. One of the most important features to look at while choosing one is the shape of its wand. We tell you exactly what each type of wand does, and help you choose the right one for your lashes.

Thick wands

Thick mascara wands are the most common, and for good reason. They’re great at adding volume to just about every type of lash, but work especially well for thin and sparse lashes. The best way to apply mascara with this wand is to wiggle it from side to side in an upwards direction, to evenly coat all your lashes, and make you look gorgeous.

Skinny wandsIf you have severely short lashes on the inner corners of your eyes, the skinny mascara wand is the one for you. Its thin shape allows you enough room to maneuver the hollows of your eyes to coat each lash perfectly, and is even better for your bottom lashes.

Curved wands

Shaped in a certain way to enable it to better hug your natural eye shape, curved wands are great for increasing volume. This type of wand totally negates the use of an eyelash curler, and coats each lash equally, while lengthening and curling. You should try Lakme Eyeconic Curling Mascara.

(Essence lash princess)S-shaped wandsIf you like to coat your lashes with mascara generously, layering the coats on as you go, the S-shaped wand is perfect for you. The shape ensures that your mascara doesn’t clump, no matter how many applications you opt for, and can be used on any kind of lash.

Pointed wandsIf you are obsessed with how your lashes look, the pointed tip mascara wand is great for you. These wands are shaped like little Christmas trees, and are fabulous at precision. The tapered end of the wand is perfect for the inner corners and bottom lashes, and the thicker base allows you to coat your middle lashes evenly.

(BeYu Model Intense Mascara)Hourglass shaped wandsJust like thicker wands, these are also very popular among beauty enthusiasts, because they can work for any type of lash. The hourglass wand amps up the drama on your lashes by giving them a slight lift, and then distributing the product across evenly.

Ball-shaped wands

Though this wand looks like a great way to poke an eye out, it’s actually better at providing precision than most other wand types. Its unique shape lets you focus on your lashes one at a time, giving you more control with your application. Start off at the base of your lash and move upwards to the tip for perfect application.

Innovative wandsBeauty brands are constantly looking out to enhance the mascara application process by creating new types of wands. The fan shaped wand, for example, uses ten layers of bristles to give your lashes a full fan effect. The inner brush gives volume to lashes and reveals every lash while the outer bristles fan out lashes, making them look longer and voluminous at the same time.